Chapter 856 The Unconquered Xiqi
None of the young generals cared about the banquet set up by Ji Chang and Jiang Ziya. After all, no matter how delicious the dishes in the mortal world were, they still couldn't compare to the food cooked by the God of Food in the Heavenly Palace!
Besides, earthly food is merely a taste for them, a way to experience the joys of life. If they accidentally eat too much, they will need some time to process the impurities from the food!
As for these young generals who came to support Xiqi, they were none other than Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, Yang Chan, Princess Longji, and three other heavenly generals who were highly trained by the Jade Emperor!
However, it was obvious to anyone with eyes that the three heavenly generals were sent by Haotian to protect his three nephews and a daughter of a rather special status!
Originally, Haotian did not intend to let them enter the Great Tribulation, and planned to let them cultivate honestly in the Heavenly Court. However, as the saying goes, trouble comes from the sky when you are sitting at home.
Yang Jiao and the others could choose to enter the tribulation or not. Although their cultivation speed would be much slower if they didn't enter the tribulation, as immortals with infinite lifespans, a slower cultivation speed was acceptable!
But for some unknown reason, Lord Hongjun let them all enter the calamity, and even made them join the Xiqi side to become the vanguard of Xiqi's attack on Shang!
Based on Haotian's recent observations and the information he has deduced using his own power, Haotian already knows about King Wu's conquest of Shang!
Although the predictions show that Xiqi eventually replaced Yinshang and became the new ruling regime, given the current situation of Yinshang, even if Emperor Xin was incompetent and tyrannical and natural disasters continued to occur within Yinshang's territory, Yinshang could still last for a hundred years!
Moreover, Emperor Xin was not incompetent; on the contrary, he possessed the qualities of a wise ruler! If Emperor Xin had not been incompetent, even if various disasters frequently occurred within the territory of the Shang Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty would not have perished at his hands!
It was this understanding that made Haotian think that Xiqi had no intention of rebelling against Shang in the short term. But who would have thought that Xiqi would choose to rebel when Shang was at its peak!
You say you rebelled, that's fine. It's perfectly normal to have a few unknown trump cards to back you up. But when Xiqi faced the combined forces of the three great marquises, they were directly defeated and made to look like grandsons!
As for capable generals, they were pitifully few! Given this situation, even Haotian couldn't understand where Xiqi got the audacity to rebel against the Shang. It couldn't possibly be entirely due to some so-called divine mandate, could it?
The Western Zhou, a force that was only kept afloat by the Heavenly Generals sent by the Heavenly Emperor, was also very worried. They didn't know what would happen to the Western Zhou when Grand Tutor Wen's army arrived!
To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the Heavenly Dao he represented forbidding him from doing anything servile, perhaps Haotian would have already gone to the Yin Shang camp to bow down to Grand Tutor Wen and beg him to spare the lives of Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, Yang Chan, and Princess Longji!
However, Haotian was also prepared to save people at any time. He did not want his relatives to end up with their souls returning to the Investiture of the Gods and their futures ruined at such a young age!
However, things did not develop as Haotian had imagined. After the Yin Shang army arrived in Xiqi, Xiqi's situation became even worse. However, because Xiqi had the advantages of timing and location, unless the Yin Shang army chose to engage in a duel between generals or broke free from the limitations of a mortal war, it would be quite difficult for the allied forces to break through Xiqi!
Before arriving in Xiqi, Wen Zhong learned from his master, the Golden Spirit Mother, that the destiny of heaven was in Xiqi, and that it would be an epic difficulty for the Yin Shang army to conquer Xiqi City!
However, as the saying goes, "when the cannons roar, gold pours in." Xiqi was merely one of the four major vassal states with relatively good strength, and it was completely incomparable to Yin Shang!
Therefore, before leaving Yin Shang, Di Xin had already made it clear that if the allied forces could not break through Xiqi, then they should use their national strength to wear down Xiqi!
Di Xin refused to believe that with the strength of the Yin Shang dynasty, it could not last as long as a vassal state like Xiqi! If the Yin Shang really couldn't outlast it, it could only mean that there was some evil spirit at work. He didn't mind, as the human emperor, upholding humanity and letting human nature take the lead!
In general, the Shang Dynasty's policy toward Xiqi was to wear down the enemy if possible, and to seek human intervention if not. In any case, the Shang Dynasty was always in the right!
